Theosophical Society,
THE
LIFE OF
H P Blavatsky
The
Theosophical Society gets off the Ground
1876
– 1878
Influence
Grows Despite Inactivity
After the initial enthusiasm, The Theosophical Society in
This piece is an extract from Old Diary
Leaves. Chapter XXI
From the Close of 1876 to
that of 1878, The Theosophical Society as a body was comparatively inactive;
its BY-laws became a dead letter, its meetings almost ceased. Its few public
appearances have been well documented, and the signs of its growing influence
are found in the Founder’s home and foreign correspondence, their controversial
articles in the press, the establishment of branch societies at London and
Corfu, and the open up of relations with sympathizers in India and Ceylon.
The influential Spiritualists
who joined us at first had all withdrawn; our meetings in a hired room – The
Mott Memorial Hall, in
Our Headquarters’ life was
ideal throughout those closing years. United in devotion to a common cause, in
daily intercourse with our Masters, absorbed in altruistic thoughts, dreams and
deeds, , we two existed in that roaring Metropolis as untouched by its selfish
rivalries and ignoble ambitions as though we occupied a cabin by the seaside,
or a cave in the primeval forest. I am not exaggerating when I say that a more
unworldly tone would not be found in any other home in
The social distinction of our
visitors were left outside our threshold ; and rich or poor, Christian, Jew or
Infidel, learned or unlearned, our visitors received the same hearty welcome
and patient attention to their questions
upon religious and other subjects. HPB was born so great an aristocrat as to be
at ease in the highest society, and so thorough a democratic altruist as to
give cordial hospitality to the humblest caller.
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Theosophical Society gets off the Ground
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